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Who and when was the radio discovered?
Guglielmo Marconi discovered and created the first radio. He was an Italian inventor, and he sent and received the first radio signal in 1895. The invention processlasted for several years. -
Oldest Radio Stations
There are multiple radio stations that are known as the oldest stations of all time! The oldest experimental radio station was Marconi's, and was in his garden. It was also the first successful! -
Who used the first radio, and what year?
Around the start of the 20th century, the first radio was used by the Slaby-Arco wireless system. In 1901, Marconi conducted the first successful experimental radio communication. -
Early History Of Radio
The early history of radio was the history technology that produced and used radio instruments that used radio waves. Radio developed as "wireless telegraphy". Later on, it became involved with broadcastings. -
First Song On The Radio!
The first song to ever play on the radio was O Holy Night on December 24, 1906. It was played on the violin by Brant Rock. He also accompanied the song by singing himself. -
First Musical Performance!
On January 13, 1910, the fist radio performance was an experimental transmission of a metropolitan opera. It was transmitted by a radio telephone station on the roof! Church music, etc could be transmitted by the Radio Telephone. -
Major Uses
The first major use of radio was for navigation on ships! Radio saved thousands of lives, including the survivors on the Titanic. If it hadn't have been for radios, all passengers in the Titanic would have died because of the lack in technology. This event highlighted the value of radio on ocean vessels. -
Radio Industry Development (early)
Radio development began with many scientific discoveries, starting with Marconi. This led to the development of commercials and commercial applications. However, profit was slow in coming. -
World War l Radio Use
During World War l , radio was suspended and was taken over by the government. Multiple advances were developed, and that included direct communication to airplanes. They even developed entertainment for the troops! -
Radio After World War l
After the war, there was a concern about broadcasting and radio stations returning to airwaves. But, in 1919 the restrictions ended, and which allowed more discoveries. However, in 1922 amateur radio stations were banned. -
Radio Signals
Radio signals were first produced by spark transmitters. Since they were very noisy, scientists worked to produce a "single wave" and also a "continuous wave", which transmitted full audio signals. But within a few years, transmitters died down and became obsolete. -
Beginning Of Broadcasting
Broadcasting became widespread when there was a growing excitement as it became more organized. In 1921, there was an issue for the first broadcasting service! -
Mobile Telephone Service
The mobile telephone service was commercialized in 1947 by AT&T. It started in St Louis, and was widespread. Because only three radio channels were available at the time, only three customers from any given city could make phone calls at a time! Also invented was the cell phone and gave much more capacity during the 1980s to the 2000s. -
The "Top 40"
The top 40 songs in music became popular, and the target audience was families and pre teens. Music, radio, and also television began to rise in popularity during the early 21st century. FM radios began to take over AM radios, because of the variety in music, such as hip-hop and R&B. -
Music And Radio Today!
Radio has grown tremendously since 1894, with sports broadcasting , political broadcasting, as well as well as today's music. The first rap song ever recorded on the radio was Rappers Delight by the Sugarhill Gang. Now, teenagers and young adult listen to K104, which play music from today's generation, but also old school as in Bad and Boujiee by Migos, and We Are One by Maze and Frankie Beverly.